“The all-important first goal” isn’t so important in this Flame-Blackhawk series.

   Monday night for the 3rd time in 3 games, team scoring first lost.  This time it was the Flames yielding the first goal, just 2:03 into the first period.  Less than 5 minutes later, Eric Nystrom tied it for the Flames.  The first of 4-straight Calgary goals on their way to a 4-2 victory.

   It was the most goals the Flames scored again Nikolai Khabublin in 10 games including reg-season and playoffs.  The last time the Flames scored for against  the Hawks netminder was Nov. 26/06 in a 4-1 triumph. 

  Miikka Kiprusoff was outstanding in the Flame nets making 36 saves including 16 in the 3rd period.    

  The series finally became heated in the third game with countless scrums and then with 13sec left a crosscheck by the Hawks’ Adam Burish to the jaw of Rene Bourque trigged lots of pushing, shoving and angry words.

   Afterwards, Flame coach Mike Keenan felt Burish should have been  assessed a match penalty and is looking to the NHL for further discipline against the Hawks winger.  

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